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MAL FY26 Women’s History Month March Event: “Women Engineering Legends 1952-1976: Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award Recipients”
Event Date:
March 27 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Summary: The SWE Legends Project, a SWE Late Career and Retiree Affinity Group (LCR) project, embarked on a mission to honor the achievements of SWE pioneers by improving and enhancing the public information available on Wikipedia. Their efforts were inspired by SWE’s mission to “expand the image of the engineering and technology professions as a positive force in improving the quality of life.” After WE24, this project took on an expanded scope: Write a book about the first 25 Achievement Award recipients to coincide with SWE’s 75th anniversary. In this session, learn about the first 25 achievement award recipients and their contributions to technology, how they became role models for the subsequent generations of women engineers, and how their pioneering paths paved the way for their success.
Learning Objectives:
● Describe the technical accomplishments of SWE’s earliest Achievement Award recipients.
● Understand how their accomplishments contributed to society.
● Raise awareness of the SWE Achievement Awards program.
Speakers:
Debra Kimberling, SWE Fellow, DSA
STEM Advocate, Author
SWE Late Career & Retiree AG, SWE Legends Workgroup Lead
San Diego County Engineering Council
San Diego, California, United States
Jan L. Williams, SWE Fellow, DSA
STEM advocate, Author
SWE Late Career and Retiree Affinity Group
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Date & Time:
March 27 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Organizer
Members at Large (MAL)
Language:
English
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Summary: The SWE Legends Project, a SWE Late Career and Retiree Affinity Group (LCR) project, embarked on a mission to honor the achievements of SWE pioneers by improving and enhancing the public information available on Wikipedia. Their efforts were inspired by SWE’s mission to “expand the image of the engineering and technology professions as a positive force in improving the quality of life.” After WE24, this project took on an expanded scope: Write a book about the first 25 Achievement Award recipients to coincide with SWE’s 75th anniversary. In this session, learn about the first 25 achievement award recipients and their contributions to technology, how they became role models for the subsequent generations of women engineers, and how their pioneering paths paved the way for their success.
Learning Objectives:
● Describe the technical accomplishments of SWE’s earliest Achievement Award recipients.
● Understand how their accomplishments contributed to society.
● Raise awareness of the SWE Achievement Awards program.
Speakers:
Debra Kimberling, SWE Fellow, DSA
STEM Advocate, Author
SWE Late Career & Retiree AG, SWE Legends Workgroup Lead
San Diego County Engineering Council
San Diego, California, United States
Jan L. Williams, SWE Fellow, DSA
STEM advocate, Author
SWE Late Career and Retiree Affinity Group
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States